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squirrellydw:
Does anyone think some one will release a new arcadeVGA for PCI express?  Just asking in case someone has heard anything.

Fozzy The Bear:
It could do with an update.... even if that doesn't take it up to PCI Express...  It's only a 9200 series card right now... Not exactly cutting edge stuff. In fact it's not even a DirectX-9 capable card.  Which does make it more than a bit useless for those of us who run things other than Mame on our cabs. 

Which is why for now at least I'll stick to my 9600XT......

Personally I'm not over enthused about PCI Express. There isn't a heck of a lot out there that can actually benefit from it. But that said, it'll be the only bus available on Motherboards very shortly (until they decide on some other new fangled bus to con money out of us with that is) so I guess It's the way it should go.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

edge:
An updated ArcadeVGA on the new ATI/Nvidia platforms would be great.

Is Ultimarc/Andy the only producer of this modded card?

squirrellydw:
I was thinking GGG could get involved

pointdablame:

--- Quote from: edge on March 14, 2006, 10:37:51 pm ---An updated ArcadeVGA on the new ATI/Nvidia platforms would be great.

Is Ultimarc/Andy the only producer of this modded card?


--- End quote ---

yup, its an Ultimarc only product.  GGG could try to make a competing version, but it wouldn't be an "ArcadeVGA" for obvious reasons.  It would have to be more than just a copy of the card on a different chipset as I assume that would cause problems with Andy.

FWIW, I don't really see a need for an upgrade just yet.  AGP slots are still available for now, and many, MANY people run MAME on systems that are not bleeding edge.  There are also very few people running high end PC games on their MAME machines that would require, say, a 6900 or x1900 card.  FEAR and Half Life 2 would not play well with a joystick and buttons IMO.

I'm all for "more power" but I dont' really see a need right now.

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